>> that's right, kathryn. heavy rain is coming down across southeastern china.e have been killed. thousands of people have been evacuated due to landslides and flooding. unfortunately, there is more rain on the way. you could be seeing an additional 100 millimeters in the next 24 hours. the ground is already very well saturated. additional rain will certainly raise the potential for flooding as well as landslides. and it looks like rain is not going any where. rain will likely continue for the next couple of days. the reason for the rainy weather is the stalled it frontal line. this is the rainy season. the system is effecting taiwan as well as indochina peninsula. and rain will persist across the area over the next couple days. towards the north, looking dry for the north half of china as well asmon goal yeah, but whet and windy conditions will continue in china as well as russia throughout the day. the eastern half of japan will see scattered rain and rain could become intense and thunderstorms are possible this afternoon. but the western half of japan will se

. >> yes, good morning, kathryn. we have a cyclonic storm to talk about. it's still over the bay of ben gall. and it is likely to move toward bangladesh, myanmar border, possibly making landfall around thursday. lack how far the system is from the islands. it is already affecting these islands with some stormy weather. so you can imagine the strength of this. it will be maintaining its intensity. but after it makes landfall it will be decreasing into a deep depression. gusts of 85 kilometers per hour. it's moving at the speed of 10 kilometers per hour. a slow moving system. it's going to be packing a hefty amount of rainfall to the already saturated land. so the main threat will be flooding, landslides as well as mud slides. and the storm surges will also be creating flooding in the low-lying areas. could be some devastating storm. and also we do not advise you to venture out into the oceans at this time. now over towards the bigger picture in eastern continental asia we've got rein in china as well as korea today. heavier rain lies here in southern china

but kathryn and allen harn brought good news about their seasons condition and recounted their experiences during the bombings. two days ago we took video of him at home recovering from injuries he suffered on april 15th, that day, his 12th birthday he doctor removed staples because he has healed so well. now parents are expressing gratitude but say he still has a long way to go. >> fortunately they had enough skin to put it back together again and it has gotten better every day so right now it is a matter of trying to regain the strength he has lot and the mobility from the injury. >> he wants to go to a movie with his friends. he wants to -- he wants to hang out with his friends, he wants to get back to his sports. he wants to make sure he finishes school. he is worried about his grades. i mean, yeah, he is ready to be aron again. >> his parents say it is still unclear when he will get back to school, last night they were guests of the warriors at the play off game and got to meet the coach and the players met him and it was exciting but wore him out, john sasaki ktvu channel 2 news. >>

. >> kathryn there in amsterdam. we will have more on the role of european monarchies coming up later. >> the european court of human rights in strasbourg has thrown its support behind the former ukrainian prime minister saying she has been unlawfully detained by her government. the judge has also found fault with the ukrainian judiciary saying the lawfulness had not been properly reviewed by the courts. they describe the decision as a first victory. >> she did not appear of the trial, but her daughter released a statement from kiev after the verdict. she said the family was grateful the european court of human rights mounted an investigation of her mother's jailing despite the ukrainian government's propaganda. the strasbourg court ruled that ukraine had acted improperly when they jailed her before her trial. they dismissed the allegations she had been subjected to inhumane and degrading treatment. she said she has been denied adequate medical care in prison. she said she had back pain which went on treated for mont

officials say they are neutral as to whether tamerlan's widow, kathryn russell, knew about the attacks. agents say they found an al qaeda magazine downloaded on her computer but don't know if she was aware of it. her lawyer denies any involvement. >>> a night out in san francisco for nine women celebrating their friend's wedding takes a devastating turn. a fire engulfed their limousine killing five women trapped inside. the driver wasn't hurt. he pulled over after one of the women complained of smoke. the driver said it all happened so fast. firefighters found the five women badly burned. the bride was among the dead, 31-year-old marissa fohas. the cause of the fire is under investigation you in utah now a 46-year-old soccer referee has died one week after being punched in the head by a 17-year-old player. ri car doe faccio spent the past week in a coma after suffering trauma to his brain. he call a foul and used a yellow card against the teen o so he punched him in the head. the 17-year-old could now face more serious charges. >>> another divorce from rush limbaugh. politico reports t

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kathryn brown of our affiliate station wcbs is looking at the excitement. >> reporter: there's so muchstarted coming down as early as 4:00 this morning just to be able to get a spot and hold this ribbon and be a part of this history. the ribbon be stretch for five miles. they're scheduled to cut it this morning. new jersey sustained nearly $40 billion leaving nearly 400,000 homes and apartments in ruins. restoring the shore is critical as it brings in $35 billion a year. they have been working too make sure residents and visitors can not only come back to the shore but also they can enjoy the same beach and boardwalk that they're used to. president obama is expected to come down and tour the shore on sunday with governor chris christie. for cps this morning i'm kathryn brown in seaside heights. >>> some restaurants were accused of selling alcohol. people thought they were getting good whiskey. instead it was cheap made of rubbing alcohol and water. >>> officials rated 29 bars and restaurants on wednesday. 13 of them were tgi fridays. it's america's largest tgi friday's operator. they s

that david plouffe a fervent supporter of the president attacked lanny davis for saying this about kathryn ruemmler who admits she knew well in advance about the irs abuse. >> i don't know ms. ruemmler but they don't think about anything more than the legal issues. it's an investigation. we are not going to share the conclusions. you don't have to. just give a heads up and do crisis management planning. >> so, davis gets hammered by obama acolytes for saying that. i don't get it so the white house strategy is clear. the president did not know anything about the irs targeting conservative groups. even though his top advisors did. also new information from the daily caller web site, it says ms. ruemmler met with christophered me, chief counsel for the treasury department which overseas the irs three times last fall. the two had never met one-on-one before. ed me is a long time left-wing activist who apparently knew about the irs investigation a year ago. it's clear ms. ruemmler and mr. mead must testify in front of congress and white house chief of staff mcdonough must as well. the country n

white house council kathryn ruemmler apparently knew about it on april 24th and so did white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough. treasury secretary jack lew knew about the irs investigation on march 15th. but, again, mr. obama knew nothing until may 10th. joining us now from washington, fox news political analyst charles krauthammer. and you >> well, the president says everybody has to tell the truth. i was on this show last week thursday, the day the president answered questions from the press while standing next to the prime minister of turkey. there was a question asked by the bloomberg reporter. did anybody at the white house know about the irs activities? and do you remember my saying on the show that time with you, that obama gave a very lawyerly and peculiar answer. he did not answer about the white house staff. he said i didn't know about the ig report until i learned about it in the press the question was not about him. the question was about the white house staff. and he deliberately dodged that answer. now we know that when he was asked that question last thursday, he knew

. >> bill: impact segment tonight, the white house now confirms that counsel, kathryn ruemmler was informed the irs was targeting conservative groups on april 24th, yet, president obama says he didn't know about it until may 10th. when the story broke. joining us now from washington former special counsel to clinton lanny davis crisis tales and ties into all of this. is that possible that the white house counsel finds out about a very serious situation and doesn't tell her boss? >> certainly possible i can't imagine that would have happened during the white house that i serveted in because the word head up is the only word i would use her. giving the president a heads up won't tell you any more than that we have a plan to get ready when it breaks is just an automatic i can't imagine that there is a reason why they didn't do that. >> bill: you don't know what the reason is, right? >> i think the reason in my experience is that lawyers think very silo. i don't know ms. ruemmler. they don't think any more about the legal issues. it's an investigation. we are not going to share the conclusions

federal officials say that investigators are very interested in talking with tamerlan tsarnaev's widow, kathrynussell. investigators remain very interested in talking with the widow. these are new photos i should point out, booking photos, mug shots from her arrest on shoplifting charges back in 2007. she is not, however, in custody now nor has she been charged with anything yet. authorities do want to know a lot from her, including a phone call that we learned about that she had with tamerlan shortly after the bombing. gloria borger has more on that. what do we know about this phone call? >> well, my colleen deborah feyerick and i are reporting that she spoke with her husband tamerlan after these pictures were plastered all over national television. what we don't know, anderson, is the exact nature of that conversation. my sources are not clear whether they spoke because she was horrified at what she saw, she was questioning whether this was, in fact, tamerlan, or whether she was tipping him off. what they do express some concern about is that she spoke with him but apparently did not speak wi

as chief intelligence correspondent kathryn he cathere reports, 12 years after 9/11, the stove piping of intelligence or lack of information sharing persists. >> reporter: the revelation that boston law enforcement was in the dark about the fbi's 2011 investigation of tamerlan tsarnaev was devastating. >> were you aware of the russian tellens warning regarding tamerlan and the fact that he may travel overseas to meet with extremists? >> we -- we have three -- three detectives and a sergeant who were assigned to the joint terrorism task force. one of my detec detectives is ay in the squad that investigated that. we have access to all the databases, but we were not, in fact, informed of that particular development. >> reporter: after the fbi concluded in 2011 that there was no evidence of terrorist activity, tamerlan traveled to russia the following year where he spent six months in chechnya, regions known for jihaddist activity. his reentry to the u.s. was known to homeland security but apparently not shared. >> were the officers that you assigned to the joint terrorism task force awar

kathryn russell is not off the hook, and her cooperation will be at issue. with john miller, senior correspondent at cbs this morning. >> so john, there is news that tamerlan's widow is not quite off the hook yet, does that line up with what you're hearing? >> yes, it does, there are a number of hoops she has to jump through to get off the hook. and her lawyers are going to have to work through that with the u.s. attorney and ultimately the fbi. it still boils down to, she was living with a person that was plotting for at least a few or couple of months, in an apartment where dzhokhar tsarnaev told the police they actually made the bombs. so there is the question how could all of that go on, either without -- knowing about it, or at least suspicious that things that were going on were suspicious. she has said she has no idea about the plot. >> and 30 days into the investigation, how much progress are the investigators making to the extent of the plot and the overseas connections? >> well, the overseas connections are being filled out. the fbi traveled with t

department is defending his actions saying what he's actually doing is trying to get himself and kathrynhe chose to disregard not only her own personal safety but she chose to disregard the safety of the deputy. >> you're going to be tased. >> the deputy warns her again. then she issues a challenge. >> step back or you are going to be tased, ma'am. >> i dare you. >> the officer doesn't take her up on her dare yet. she keeps moving forward. >> get back over there. >> i'm getting back in my car. >> you are going to be tased. >> i'm getting back in my car. >> no, ma'am. >> the lady was told nine times to step back and comply with the officer's request. step back, ma'am. step back, ma'am. if you don't step back, ma'am, i'm going to taser you. >> so finally the officer makes good on his promise. >> get on the ground. get on the ground. [ screaming ] >> put your hands behind your back. put your hands behind your back or you'll be tased again! >> the video sparks a national debate on morning news shows. >> okay, let me ask you, did the deputy do what was right or did he go over the line? >> han

kathryn skullia has been arrested again for driving her hot dog truck to a hotel and allegedly givingout a license, as well as allegedly offering another service for an undetermined amount of money. she says she is framed and only offers stripping and lap dances and hot dogs. >> get a little legal with your weiner. >> she is trying to make an honest living selling hot dogs and topless dances. what could possibly be more american than that? >> i like doing hot dogs, i like con verify sating with people. >> she likes doing the hot dogs. the last time she was arrested, about a year ago, the hot dog hooker spelled it out. there is a big difference between prostitutes and strippers. she made that point very, very clear and very, very graphic. >> i have the cops up my [ bleep ] charging me with prostitution. i'm not even a prostitute. i plead guilty to stripping, a stripper. not prostitution. prostitution is sex. sexual acts. [ bleep ] up the [ bleep ]. that's prostitution. showing your [ bleep ] is indecent exposure. >> wow. now you know the difference between stripping and prostitution. y

presidential aides confirmed that white house counsel kathryn ruemmler was told april 24 about a special audit into i.r.s. activities. she, in turn, notified the president's chief of staff, denis mcdonough, among others. but white house press secretary jay carney says ruemmler advised against telling president obama, because the investigation was still under way. >> she expressed to other members of the senior staff, that this is not the kind of ing when you have an ongoing invtigaon, an ongoing audit, that requires notification to the president. because, what is important is that we wait until that kind of process is completed before we take action. >> sreenivasan: carney said again the president was not informed of what the investigation found until news reports surfaced ten days ago. a senate committee reported today between 2009 and 2012 the tech giant sftedt lea $ billion out of the reach of the i.r.s. by incorporating in ireland. apple says it is the largest tax payer in the u.s. at $6 billion and its strategies are legal. its ceo tim cook is expected to testify at a senate hearing

saidt is a media circus he has ruled only one of jackson's siblingss can be in the courtroom with kathryns returning to american idol. not as a judge which was the rumor last week. she takes over the stage at soms point later this month. in the meantime tonight the top four ladies will sing for their spots once again with less thant three weeks now before the new champ is crowned the game plan p is sim. rights now -- is simple. >> right now sing choice is everything. it's connecting emotionally. it's a matter of being myselff and picking really good singsngs and impressing the judges sodg theyes have a huge impact on wht america thinks. >> tune in tonight at 8:00 right here on fox 5. >> have you heard about this? a remake of the broadway classic annie is cooking up a star studded cast. actor jamie foxx is the latest to appear in the remake.e. he would portray daddy warbucks. the contemporary take is produced by will and jada smith. >> i thought their daughter wase going be annie.nni maybe she's outgrown the part. r >> i don't know.now. >> gorgeous today weatherwise, a too. still ahead he'

scandal, who he did kathryn ruemmler the ponchartrain's white house counsel but we are to believe thatident knew nothing about it, was never told. >> yeah, i want to be very clear that i did not plant that question with you beforehand. this is the first time i'm hearing it. yeah, look, this is by "politico," not exactly a right-wing publication, this eubgs the fifth different version the white house has put forward on this i.r.s. story. and now their basic defense is that barack obama is blameless because his staff keeps him completely in the dark on some really important matters. it's not a great defense. jon: as you point out in one of your columns, this is the president that bragged he knows more about policy than ace policy advisers. >> this is an odd -- catch-22 is not the right word. the dilemma the obama administration faces is the best defense, the best way for them to get out of all of this is claim incompetent, error, run to the sol list of the fact that the government is just too big to manage and that they are crazy to want to i can ma it even bigger. they can't do that wit

. >> kathryn martin or c.m. knows her husband all too well.him at first sight. >> i never said that. i never said that. she had gone to the same drama school, she was brilliantly talented. she tapped me on the shoulder and i turned around. and i looked at her and my first impression was wow, what an intense young girl. >> were you impressed by him right away? >> yes, by his incredible mental stamina and the way that he thought, and the unbelievable kind of energy and gymnastics that his mind could undertake. >> there is something that works, because some people say you're a little cra-cra as the kids say. >> translation is crazy. >> it's completely normal to us. we always live like this. i don't know any other life. >> what is that, when you say live like this? ♪ and may come a time when he needs a lawyer ♪ >> the circus-like sensory overload has come to define baz's movies over the last two decades. >> what is this gatsby? >> fitzgerald's american classic, "the great gatsby," the story of a glamorous party-throwing millionaire. >> i thought c

his wife, kathryn russell, according to her attorney continues to cop operate with investigators shchltposition and why they want information. the constant questioning may be making its toll. it's difficult. she's a young woman trying to bring up her baby without a dad and dealing with this. the sooner it's over, the better. the bombing killed three people and injured 275. one remains hospitalized. some of those released, still in rehabilitation, challenging at times. we first met two weeks ago. >> i hate going down there. when i get down there i feel awesome. >> reporter: he and his brother lost a leg in the bombing. jackie's injuries would have been worse had it not been for the brothers. >> they were throwing me over the barrier when it went off saving my life. >> reporter: weeks into the healing, sh rap nell and other debris starting to surface. the dots are tiny pits of metal? >> and they pull them out. >> i had a b.b. come out here. >> reporter: this was a b.b.? >> yeah. this one is trying to force its way out. >> this one is trying to force its way out. >> reporter: they were hon

also with us today, to give us the 2013 hurricane season outlook is doctor kathryn sullivan who's the acting undersecretary of commerce for oceans and atmosphere and the acting noaa administered. dr. sullivan played noaa, the agency response from washington nation's climate weather oceans, fisheries and coast. dr. sullivan is a distinguished scientist as well as a former astronaut and the first american woman to walk in space. so here with the 2013 hurricane season, please help me welcome dr. sullivan. [applause] >> thank you. as he said he spent many years making this kind of reality, 13 of them, by council have and really it's a wonderful tribute to you, fabulous and powerful new center, but really quite attribute. emblematic, also i think of the dedication of noaa's weather forecasting and climate experts, the people who work here day in and day out, affecting lives and life as a people across our entire nation. our hearts first of all go out, take a moment to the people in the community in oklahoma who, as we joined here today to talk about hurricanes are still recovering from mon

this is kathryn mahar from california, 104 years old today.hold of. that's it, that's all. now back to new york where they read newspapers. >> thank you very much. >>> coming up, from tablets to smartphones, how to get today's seniors more tech friendly. >>> but first, this is "today" on nbc. for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created... a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more.. low and no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know... exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks... with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories... america's beverage companies are delivering. >>> this morning on "today's" tech, older americans looking to get more tech savvy. jenna wolf is here with more on that story. >> we know what this is about. i think sometimes we forget how hard it is to learn a new skill. for seniors picking up a smartphone or tablet or laptop for the first time can be dauntin

. >> reporter: tamerlan tsarnaev's widow, kathryn russell, is assisting investigators according to sourcesand on the phone after the marathon bombing and sent him an e-mail with with an attachment which may have contained the fbi's wanted poster con taping her husband's picture. now, something else found on a computer in this investigation, al-qaeda's magazine inspire. we don't know if that was russell's computer or one of the tsarnaev brothers. we know that yesterday investigators returned to the area around umass dartmouth where the younger bombing suspect, dzhokhar tsarnaev, was enrolled. we're told they were looking for bomb 7 test sites. how scary is that? we don't know what they found, if anything. back to you in new york. >> thanks, peters. >>> we have a fox news alert for you now. here's some brand new video of syrian president assad who made a rare public appearance in the capitol of damascus. he joined thousands of students anand families unveiling a stat. it's his second appearance this week. he's stayed out of the public eye since a civil war started two years ago. >>> the fbi

this is what i call the kathryn sibelius shakedown. what i want to know is what issue promising those businesses she talks to and what is to threatening them with? kathleen sibelius has been found in nowation of the hack chack companies anddown executives throughout the country. looking for money to cover over the train wreck happening with the president health care law. but nothing scares the american people like the letters irs. if the reports of the last 24 hours are true, including the one senator hatch just made irs anditing the getting misinformation back. report yesterday was the the acting commissioner stephen miller learned about this in may of 2012. in responding to members of the house, senate, and a committee in the house, failed to answer the question what information he had. if pastor and he was aware of the the conservative groups are being targeted and was asked about that and gave incorrect information, he should step aside or be removed. this is something we should not tolerate. the american people would not want us t

i want to thank general dempsey, major general linnington, kathryn condon who has served arlington withicans from all across the country who have come to pay your respects, i have to say it is always a great honor to spend this memorial day with you at this sacred place where we honor our fallen heros, those who we remember fondly in our memories, and those known only to god. beyond these quiet hills beyond that special bridge is a city of monuments dedicated to visionary leaders and singular moments in the life of our republic. but it is here, on this hallowed ground, where we choose to build a monument to a constant thread in the american character. the proof that our nation endures because it has always been home to men and women who are willing to give their all and lay down their lives, to preserve and protect this land that we love. that character, that selflessness, beats in the hearts of the very first patriots who died for a democracy they had never known and would never see. it lived on in the men and women who fought to hold our union together and those who fought to defend i